R64 Australian Open 2001

Marat Safin #2 def. Andrei Pavel #26

4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(5)

Marat Safin defeated Andrei Pavel 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(5) in the 2001 Australian Open round of 64 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 19, 2001*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2001
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R64
Duration: 2h 41m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marat Safin	Andrei Pavel
Aces	22	6
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	51.0%	56.0%
First serve points won %	89.0%	71.0%
Second serve points won %	48.0%	53.0%
Break points saved %	40.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	60.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	63.0%
Return points won %	37.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	52.0%	48.0%
Match Serve+	+6.5	+1.0
Match Return+	-1.0	-6.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2001 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Andrei Pavel
Country	RUS	ROU
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Jan 27, 1974
Age	20	26
Height	193 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	26
Ranking points (entering)	4,120	1,105
Elo (entering)	2,048	1,771
Current career W-L	396–249	249–252
Current career earnings	$14,373,291	$5,225,028

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin #2 2 – 0 Andrei Pavel #26

Path

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Galo Blanco #117	6-4 1-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2001	R128

Marat Safin's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michal Tabara #69	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2001	R32

Andrei Pavel's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Russell #148	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2001	R128